Piano-bench.



No, 872,498. PATENTED DEG.? ,1907.

' A. W. CLEVELAND.

- PIANO BENCH, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BB. 21, 1907.

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ALVA w. CLEVELAND, or WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN.

PIANO-BENCH.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVA W. CLEVE AND, acitizen of the United States, residing at Waukesha, in the county of Waukesha and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Pianofication. .This mvent on relates'to iano or organ benches, and has for its salient objects to provide such a bench which may be adjusted as to height b raising or lowering its endsseparately all without bendin of any of the parts; to provide a bench c aracterized as aforesaid and which is devoid of the coin licated mechanism usually built into' benc es of this general type for-causing both ends thereof to rise or drop simultaneously and equallyfand in eneral to provide a bench of simplified an improved construction, and of neat and ornamental appear- -The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed'out in the appended claims.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description, reference being had to the-accompanying" drawing, in Which i Figure 1, is a side elevation of the stool with parts broken away to show telescopic arran ement of the leg members; Fig. 2 ,is'an the arrows.

legs 4, and the two, basepiec'es 5. I I V V The legosts 3 are strongly secured within elevation of the -de vice; Fi 3 is anenlarged detail view-taken through line 33 of Fig. 1 l and looking the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 a sectional view taken through line 4-4 of- Fig. 2 and 100m" in the-direction of Described generally, the bench herein shown comprises the seat-board 1, the usual trimmers 2, four socketed leg-posts 3 ,"corresponding legs proper 4,the two bas'e-pieces-5, connectin -the lower ends of the two pairs of a longitudinal brace 6connecting the angles orm'ed by the meeting trimmers 2, and' extend downwardly a distance equal to about one-half the normal height of the a Each one thereof is provided with alongitudinal bore 7 for, the reception of the v cyllndric upper portion 4 of the corresponding leg 4." The slidin partsis made somew hat loose whereby 155 either end of the bench n ayreadily be their sockets, upon its lower end with a thick'washefb Benches, of which the following is a specisecured .to the The benc fit between these remap. a, 19107.

tion, comprising the'legs 4 and members 5.

raised or lowered relativelytothe base por- To prevent apparentilooseness and rattling of the upper parts of the legs within provide each socket piece 3 made of felt or the like material, the circular opening in which is dimensioned to fit closely around the leg portion 4. The washers are I parts 3 in' any preferred man- The members of each air of leg-sockets 3 are rigidl connected y a cross-piece 9. proper is supported adjustably upon the leg ortion 4' by means of boltwork mounte on the two cross-pieces 9. Preferably this bolt-work is constructed as follows: a lever 10 having a thumbiece or handle 11 is pivoted-at 12, centra y u'pon the cross-piece 9. The two bolts 13 are connected to said lever as at 14, oppositely set from the fulcrum 12; Facing the companion leg, each leg portion 4 is provided with a vertical series of bol -sockets 15 (Fig.

3). r The end lportions of the bolts 13 pass loosely throng holes 3 in the leg sockets 3 and into certain of the bolt-sockets 1,5. The

osition v A very important feature is the construction and arrangement of the longitudinal brace fi-whi'ch connects the two basep1eces" 5 atthe ends of the bench. It will be readily understood that were an integral, rigid brace rigidly secured at both its ends to said .basethe bench alonewould cause all four of the legs to bind withintheir sockets, provided,

of course, that they bolts13 are disengaged pieces, the lifting or lowering of either end of structure of the bench-would remainfrelaticulating the brace 6 insuch manner that it will yield to the tilting movements of the legs that occur when either end of the bench is ilifted independently of the other. The

brace is made in three sections, the two end sections 19 and the long intermediate section 6 the sections being connected pivotally by horizontally-disposed pins 20. he endsections 19 are tenoned tlghtlyinto mortises in the base pieces 5, as indicated at 19. When, now, either end alone of the bench-seat 1 is lifted or lowered (the bolts 13 being held disengaged by means of the lever handle 11),

the pivots 20 will permit the necessary slight swmging movements that will be imparted tothe legs, the base-pieces and the tenon sections 19, thus permitting the leg'posts to slide freely upon the legs until the desired adjustment is reached. The bolts being released and engaging the legs at this end of the bench, the o erator passes to the other end, frees the b0 ts thereof raises or lowers the end of the bench to the level of the other end, and releases the bolts.

The details of construction may be varied somewhat without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim asmy invention 2" 1. In a bench, the top frame com rlsmg two leg-receiving members at each en thereof,an

. having a bottom frame comprising two trans-, verse base-pieces, legs r1s1n from sald basepieces, and a longrtudlnal race connecting saldbase-pieces, said brace being so artic'u-- lated as to permit an gular movement of the.

base-pieces and legs relatively thereto, a bench,'the top frame com risingtwo leg-receiving members at each en thereof, a bottom frame compris" the le s, the basepieces, and a longitudinal telescopic engagement with the legreceivmg. members, said longitudinal brace having jointed connections with the two end race, t e' legs.

sections, and lockingm echanism for adjust- 40 ably locking the bottom leg leg-receiving members.

3. In' a bench, the top frame comprising the leg-receiving members, and the bottom frame comprising the transverse base-pieces,

frame to said the legs rising therefrom, and a longitudinal I brace connecting said base-pieces, said brace consisting of two terminal members rigidly secured to said base-pieces, respectively, an intermediate member the ends of which are pivoted to said terminal members in such a manneras'to ermit oscillation of either of the end mem 'ers in a-vertical plane, and locking mechanism for adjustably locking the bottom leg frame to said leg-receiving members.

4. In a bench, the top frame comprising two pairs of leg-receiving members, a transverse member connecting each pair of said leg-receiving members, a lever pivotally mounted upon said transverse member, a

pair of spring actuated locking bolts rotata- ALVA W. CLEVELAND.

.Witnesses:

THERON 'W. HAIGHT, T. S. STEWART. 

